Can you believe all the craziness in the world today? This blog is about the strange, funny, odd and different things people do. Are they crazy or am I?
Honest Tea company conducted a social experiment in twelve cities across the country.
An unmanned kiosk was set up in each city. In or near each kiosk, was a sign indicating the cost was one dollar per bottle. There was also a box to place the dollar in...completely on the honor system. Like me, you may be surprised at the results. See the stats below.
Chicago: 99%
Boston; Seattle and Dallas: 97%
Atlanta and Philadelphia : 96%
Cincinnati: 95%
San Francisco: 93%
Miami: 92%
DC: 91%
Los Angeles: 88%
New York: 86%
In ten of the cities, at least 91% of the people were honest. Kinda restores my faith in people...just a bit.
On the morning of November 6, 2011, Julia Biryukova, says she was driving with her 4 year-old daughter and her 2 year-old son. She was taking the son, Sky, to the hospital when the car gave out of gas. She and her 4 year-old walked to a Chevron gas station, about a mile away, leaving Sky in the car. She called a friend for a ride and returned to the car over an hour later. Sky was not in the car. The friend called 911.
Solomon Metalwala, Sky's father, and Julia Biryukova are going through a very nasty divorce. They were in mediation just a few days before Tyler disappeared. They had come to an agreement.
Solomon Metawala agreed to take a polygraph and was sent home after his test was inconclusive. Julia Biryukova refused to take a polygraph test and she hasn't been able to speak with police because she is so distraught. No one, other than Julia, had seen Sky in the two weeks prior to his death.
This is not the first time Sky was left in a car alone. Both parents were with reckless endangerment in 2009 when they left Sky, then 3 months-old, in a car on a 27 degree day while they shopped in Target. They said they didn't want to wake the baby and were only in the store 20 minutes, but according to surveillance cameras, it was almost an hour. They were required to complete parenting classes and community service. Court records show the parents were previously investigated by Child Protective Services.
How could she think leaving him alone in the car was safe? Her story makes no sense; no sane person would leave a 2 year-old in a car and walk a mile away. One or both of the parents know what happened to Sky.
A new superhero has joined the ranks of Batman and Superman..."Phoenix Jones". "Phoenix Jones", a self-proclaimed superhero, "rises from the ashes" to patrol the streets in Seattle with his crew.
He actually goes into a comic book store to change into his crime fighting suit...too funny! Phoenix Jones, like most superheros, has a sidekick, Ghost. Jones, Ghost and the crew may or may not be taking the law into their hands, but they surely risk their lives. It's inevitable that the people he "protects" eventually turn on him. No good deed goes unpunished.
Phoenix Jones, whose real name is Benjamin John Francis Fodor, was arrested on October 6, 2011 and charged with assault. In court, earlier this week, he was asked to remove his mask. Now that he is unmasked, his family is in danger of retaliation from the criminal element he fights.
The crew has been "fighting crime" in Seattle since last year, but it appears they need to work on strategy and technique.
Phoenix Jones may have an overactive imagination, but his intentions are honorable. Although, I'm not sure how I would react to someone dressed in a black and gold superhero suit late at night. Dressed as they are, they could very well be mistaken for criminals themselves.
While it does seem quite crazy to go out into the streets trying to change the world in a bulletproof superhero suit, you must give him credit for attempting to do something about crime.
Note: The legend of the phoenix has been around for centuries with some variations. The supernatural Phoenix lives for 1000 years and then it builds its own funeral pyre and throws itself in the flames. Once it dies, it rises from the ashes and is born anew to live for another 1000 years.
Chicago: 99%
